Apache CloudStack vs. OpenText Hybrid Cloud Management X vs. vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CloudStack
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
CloudStack is a cloud management platform, from Apache.N/A
OpenText HCMX
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
OpenText™ HCMX delivers visibility and operational consistency across clouds, enabling users to optimize cloud spend based on actionable insights, enable self-service that includes compliance guardrails, and orchestrate lifecycle management actions.N/A
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
vRealize Suite and vCloud Suite delivered a self-service consumption layer, an automation framework and self-driving Day 2 operations for VMware Cloud. The product is no longer available.
$10
per month per core
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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FCO Hosting Edition
$10
per month per core
FCO Hosting Edition
$10
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
FCO Single Cluster Edition
$16
per month per core
FCO Hosting Edition
$128
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Single Cluster Edition
$1500
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
FCO Single Cluster Edition
Unlimited
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Unlimited
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Contact Sales
per month per core
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Contact Sales
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CloudStackOpenText HCMXvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Apache CloudStackOpenText Hybrid Cloud Management XvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Features
Apache CloudStackOpenText Hybrid Cloud Management XvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
Apache CloudStack
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Ratings
OpenText Hybrid Cloud Management X
9.0
2 Ratings
3% above category average
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
8.1
1 Ratings
8% below category average
Cloud Management Security00 Ratings9.02 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Cost Management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings9.02 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Governance and Compliance00 Ratings9.02 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Systems Integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Apache CloudStackOpenText Hybrid Cloud Management XvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Small Businesses
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 8.8 out of 10
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 8.8 out of 10
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Apache CloudStackOpenText Hybrid Cloud Management XvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(3 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache CloudStackOpenText Hybrid Cloud Management XvRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
Whether our clients are VPS hosting providers or operate private cloud infrastructure for their internal enterprise requirements, CloudStack provides solutions in an easy to implement and operate way that is simple to provide training for. The learning curve for our customesr adopting CloudStack for the management of their cloud infrastructure is shallow, enabling our clients to come up to speed quickly without having to outsource their administrative functions any longer than necessary
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OpenText
The best solution for the data processing and other Cloud operations acceleration software which allows data import from other various tools and the production of different operations reports using this Micros Focus platform is amazing. Data analytics which the solution offers are the best and quickly generated and the best cost management product.
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Discontinued Products
It is most suited where there multi cloud platform as VCloud suite provides most 2 important licences i.e. Vsphere 9India's leading hypervisor) and Vrealize Suite which helps to automate and also simplies IT management by making the solution most agile, efficient and easy to use. If there is a simple environment with just few servers where there is need for only 2-3 VMs, i will not recommend this.
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Pros
Apache
  • Low-cost solution
  • Open-source
  • Engaged community
  • Solid documentation
  • Is a very reliable tool for orchestration with good usability
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OpenText
  • The excellent file organizing.
  • Reports are the best and profitable.
  • Storage system management is effective.
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Discontinued Products
  • One management platform for all the VMs across datacenters
  • Automation of IT management
  • Makes IT or Cloud management more agile and efficient.
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Cons
Apache
  • Sometimes you can find undocumented bugs that can compromise the entire infrastructure.
  • [If] you don't have an official support channel, you have try to find out the source of the problem by yourself.
  • Volume size limitation. Other players allow you to create volumes up to 64TB while ACS allows only 2TB volumes
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OpenText
  • Only to those getting started it can take time.
  • Configurations of the system functionalities.
  • The technical team response.
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Discontinued Products
  • There is nothing exactly like cons but one must should check all the features, it can be confusing at the times.
  • It can be expensive as compared to some other products available in the market.
  • Implementation can be little tricky, should done by Vmware engineer
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Alternatives Considered
Apache
The University, my first large implementation, had a big issue with 149 small data centers spread on São Paulo State, this data centers costs to university were very high, the consolidation idea in two data centers were awesome, but were worried with the management, so we adopted ACS to management of all 576 physical hosts. Now a days the university is delivering IaaS for all staff, students, teachers and researchers, they are using these resources to delivery services to their clients and have a great results in research area
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OpenText
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Discontinued Products
VCloud mostly provides cloud management platform, all others also provide the same plus some other features so, Vcloud can be little less expensive in comparison to other solutions available in market. Also, it's very easy to use and deploy and manage your cloud platform. It is widely used by mid scale as well as large scale companies.
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Return on Investment
Apache
  • Low-cost solution (free and open-source)
  • More than 2000 users using it simultaneously
  • Stable and reliable
  • Up and running since 2012
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OpenText
  • It has been easy creating reliable and productive reports.
  • We can move a large amount of multiple data formats.
  • Secure data storage and secure data management platform.
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Discontinued Products
  • Positive only- Vrealize suite helps is IT automation by making it cost-effective and efficient.
  • Less time is consumed by our IT administrators because of Automating process and they can do better monitoring
  • It can be really cost effective for if any company wants to make private cloud. It did the same with us as through vCloud we get all the VMware software required.
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